Two threesomes competed today. The team of Larry, Ernie and Don won the front with +4 then we made the turn to Laurel where yours truly crashed and burned as usual on my favorite nine to lose to the team of Duke, Louie and Jack with +1. They also won the overall. The overall quality of golf today was lacking. We only had one sub 90 round.
Louie was the points winner and medalist today.
Take a look at the notes section for information on our new greens keeper.
Windy!!!
Two teams of four crossed nine irons to compete for pride, glory, home and country and o'yeah $4.00. As it turned out there was no competition. Larry, POY, Andrews shooting +7 led his team of Tommy, Bob and Frank (guest) to a rout over D0n, Ron, Walt and Louis. As a team they were +3 - +10 for a total of +13 which was more than enough to win since the so called competition were +.5 - +3.5 for a total of +4.
Road Trip
Due to a tournament at Houndslake the group traveled a short distance to Aiken Golf Club. Ten played the well maintained course. We had ample opportunity to enjoy the scenery as we got behind what had to be the slowest foursome ever assembled. We waited on every shot which took it toll score wise. The team of Tommy, Larry, Jack and Don won the front and tied overall. The team of Walt, Bob and Louie won the back and tied overall. The team of Ron, Duke and George finished.
September 30, 2008
Eleven golfers ventured out today to test their mettle. The team of Walt, Bob, Duke and Don managed to win the front and overall but fell one short to capture the back which went to Marshall, Larry, Tommy and Zack (guest).
Be sure to check your handicap before each round because a check of handicaps after the round yesterday did impact the scoring.
Individual Competition
With only four golfers today, Larry, Ernie, Walt and Don, we played individual points with no team bets. Larry won the front by .5. Walt won the back by 1 point. The overall winner was Larry by 1 point.
Thursday Results
With only five players today, (Ernie, Walt, Ron, Don and Bob), we choose to play an individual match based on points. Walt won the front by .5 points. Ron ran away on the back with +7 which was also enough to win the overall.
Duke joined us on the back and we split up in two teams of three to play our regular match. The team of Bob, Ernie and Ron won with a +3.
Team Competition
The title of this posting is misleading. Yes, we had teams. No, we did not have competition. We had two teams of two. The team of Don and Bob should have stayed home and enjoyed the A/C. The team of Brent and Louis would have liked to have played 36 holes, since they won the front, back and overall.
Brent came off Laurel with a 43 and manage to salvage a good round by making two birdies and one bogie to post a 35 on Dogwood for a 2008 best round of 78. Way to go Brent.
Ernie Wins the Day
Four golfers, Ernie, Duke, Larry and Don, competed today with a 100° plus heat index. Ernie posted +3 and sad to say for the rest of us that was good enough to win by 6. Do the math.
An event occurred today that may require a new nickname for Duke. With Duke driving and Ernie as passenger, Duke came out of the woods on number 6 Azalia, hit a stump and went air borne. Sand bottles, personal cooling devices and golfers went flying. No major injuries but requests for Aleve were heard. In the future hold on tight in case you are riding with Duke "Stump" Sudlow.
Team Competition
HOT! HOT! HOT!
Eight regulars and one guest, Jim Williamson, braved the first hot day on the course. 98° with a sleight breeze.
Louis, Larry and Brent made a clean sweep today with +2 on the front and +6 on the back for +8 overall.
Jim, Jack and Ron were -1 and +2 for a total of +1
Bob, Don and Tommy also stumbled a little on front with -.5 and finished a little stronger on the back with +3.5 to finish +3 overall.
Team Competition
Ten men threw there balls into a hat today for an opportunity to prove their manliness on Azalia/Dogwood. Some succeeded while others failed.
The team of Ron, Larry and Brent won the front easily with +7.5 but barely made it into the positive column on the back with a +.5 which was enough to win the overall.
The team of Duke, Don and Bob avoided a clean sweep by winning the back with +5. Their +2 on the front gave them +7 for the match.
Ernie, Jack, Tommy and Marshall stayed close to even for the round with a -1.5 on the front and +.5 on the back for a total of -1.
Eleven golfers made it out today. Unfortunately I was not one of them. With the exception of Brent (37), Laurel is still the nine that remains a challenge.
The team of Louis, george and Brent had the best score on Laurel with +2.5 and duplicated the effort on Azalia with +2.5 to finish +5 for the day.
Tommy, Bob, Ernie and Larry eked out +.5 on the front but came storming back with +5.5 on the back to win the back and overall with +6.
Then there was the foursome of Marcus, Ron, Jack and Duke taking a beating on Laurel, -15 and a face saving -3 on Azalia for a total of -18. I think this may be the 2008 record in the negative column. Marcus went from 77 on Tuesday to 84 on Thurday. At least we know he is human.
Seven regulars and one guest, Marcus Williamson, showed up today. It should be noted that Marcus can and does drive a golf ball a great distance. On number 9 Dogwood he was challenged to drive the green while our other group was putting out. He hit the green on the fly and ended up on the back of the green. Larry Andrews was so impressed that he immediately gave Marcus a gesture that appeared to indicate that he thought Marcus was "number one".
The battlefield today was Dogwood/Laurel.
The team of Ron, Marcus, Brent and Don having to pull 48 points a side met the challenge on Dogwood to post a +5 but gave it all back on Laurel with a disappointing -5 to finish flat for the round.
Duke, Larry, Jack and Tommy had a similar day with a +3.5 on the front and -1.5 on the back to end up +2 which gave them a win on the back and overall. Team one avoided a clean sweep by winning the front.
The fields of play today were Azalia and Dogwood. Eleven golfers hit the links. It seems that each team picked a nine to play well and a nine that was a distant second.
The team of Don, Louie and Walt chose Azalia as their nine to post a +9. Dogwood was a ho hum +2 for a total of +11.
Bob, Tommy, Larry and Duke held back on the front with a +3 and went on to rack up a +ll on the back for a total of +14.
Jack, George, Dan and Ron, "we didn't have a par on the front", labored to pull a -1 but soon found those missing pars on the back to score a +8 and +7 for the round.
When all the dust and smoke settled team 1 won the front, team two won the back and overall and team three finished out of the money.
Eight players ventured out today on Dogwood/Laurel. The team competition went as follows:
Don, Larry, Louie and Dan shot a - 8 on the front but then Laurel reared its ugly head and they posted a -4.5 to finish +3 for the day to win the front, tie the back and win the overall.
Brent, Ron, Bob Moody and Tommy had a +.5 on the front and were also bitten by Laurel and shot a -4.5 for a total of -4.
Team Competition
Todays event drew six regulars and one guest. The fields of play were Azalia/Dogwood
The team of Don (Paint Boy) Seabrook, Larry (POY) Andrews and Walt (ACTS) Guy posted a +9 on the front and a plus +6 on the back for a total of +15 to sweep the competition.
The team of Ernie (Nascar) Allen, Ron (Naked Gun) Williamson and Duke (Walking Eagle) Sudlow posted -.5 and -4.5 to finish -5 for the day.
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